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Three former Pennsylvania State University fraternity brothers received jail sentences on Tuesday in connection to the alcohol-fueled death of Timothy Piazza, a pledge, in 2017.

Michael Bonatucci, Joshua Kurczewski and Luke Visser all former brothers of Beta Theta Pi received minimum sentences that ranged from 30 days to three months behind bars after pleading guilty to hazing-related charges months earlier.

Piazza, a 19-year-old engineering student, was pledging the fraternity on Feb. 2, 2017, when he fell down the stairs after consuming a large amount of alcohol. Fraternity members had allegedly instructed pledges to drink excessive amounts of alcohol as part of the various rituals and games.

No one called for help until the morning after the fall, police said. He was transported to a hospital but died of his injuries two days later. A forensic pathologist said he had experienced respiratory failure from severe head trauma and compromised brain function.

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Three former Penn State fraternity members have been sentenced to jail time in connection with the death of pledge Tim Piazza. Details on WGAL News 8 Today. pic.twitter.com/jRgHoel3NP
Jere Gish (@jeregishWGAL) April 3, 2019

Bonatucci, 21, pleaded guilty in January to three counts of hazing and one count of conspiracy to commit hazing.

He had been manning the beer shotgun station during the pledging event, but left before Piazza fell, according to a sentencing memo obtained by The Centre Daily Times .

Centre County Judge Brian Marshall sentenced Bonatucci to 30 days to six months in the county jail followed by one year of probation.

Kurczewski, 20, pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit hazing, one count of hazing and one count of furnishing liquor to a minor.

He gave beer to 10 pledges, including Piazza, the night of the incident and watched as his fraternity brothers moved the injured pledges unconscious body, the Daily Times reported, citing a prosecutorial memo.

Marshall sentenced Kurczewski to three to nine months in prison followed by two years of probation.

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